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Occurrence record: Herpetology:D68725

Preserved specimen of Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) | Leathery Turtle recorded on 1996-03-07
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Herpetology Collection
Supplied collection code "Herpetology"
Catalog number D68725
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Herpetology:PreservedSpecimen:D68725
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Head|Wet|formalin 10%|ethanol 70%
Identified by A J. Coventry - Museum Victoria  
Collector Fishermen  
Supplied as "fishermen"
Sex Male
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [fishing net]
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Country conservation Endangered
State conservation Vulnerable
Supplied as v

Event

Occurrence date 1996-03-07
Supplied date "1996-03-07T00:00:00\1996-03-07T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol fishing net  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Reptilia | Anapsida | Testudines | Cryptodira | Chelonioidea | Dermochelyidae
Scientific name Dermochelys coriacea
Supplied scientific name "Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Leathery Turtle
Supplied common name "Leatherback Turtle"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Testudines
Family Dermochelyidae
Genus Dermochelys
Species Dermochelys coriacea
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Vandelli, 1761)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Tasmania
Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Bass Strait, King Island, off Grassy
Latitude -40.05
Supplied as: "-40.05"
Longitude 144.07
Supplied as: "144.07"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Bass Strait, King Island, off Grassy
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 8e2eef98-3e90-4d05-8805-dfece01fda56
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)
    Coordinates -40.05,144.07
    Related records
    Record UUID 9ab69236-fc55-4865-8dce-08c3abc8a426
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761)
    Coordinates -40.05,144.07

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 North West
    NRM Regions 2017 North West NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North West NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions King
    IBRA 7 Regions King
    IBRA 7 Subregions King
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 KING ISLAND
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Local Government Areas 2011 King Island (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated King Island
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 KING ISLAND COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 3
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 3932
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) KING ISLAND
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST AND NORTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) BRADDON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TASMANIA - WEST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CIRCULAR HEAD - KING ISLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MURCHISON
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Open
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Low Closed Forests and Tall Closed Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Low closed forest or tall closed shrublands (including Acacia, Melaleuca and Banksia)
    Vegetation types - native Low closed forests and closed shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Low closed forest and tall closed shrubland

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 962.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 365.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 130.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 39.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 131.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 32.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 367.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 51.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 13.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 6.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.79
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 20.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 13.391666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.77
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 110.0 m